International Day of the Disappeared

August 30, Friday

The International Day of the Disappeared, on August 30 of each year, is a day created to draw attention to the fate of individuals imprisoned at places and under poor conditions unknown to their relatives and/or legal representatives. The impulse for the day came from the Latin American Federation of Associations for Relatives of Detained-Disappeared (Federación Latinoamericana de Asociaciones de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos, or FEDEFAM), a non-governmental organization founded in 1981 in Costa Rica as an association of local and regional groups actively working against secret imprisonment, forced disappearances and abduction in a number of Latin-American countries.

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International Day of the Disappeared in other years

2021 August 30, Monday
2022 August 30, Tuesday
2023 August 30, Wednesday
2025 August 30, Saturday

International Day of the Disappeared in other countries